dilate

Etymology

From Middle French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (“I spread out”), from di- (variant of dis-) + latus (“wide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈleɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

dilate (third-person singular simple present dilates, present participle dilating, simple past and past participle dilated)

1. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.

   The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.

2. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

   • His heart dilates and glories in his strength.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
   • Shakespeare

     Do me the favour to dilate at full / What hath befallen of them and thee till now.

   • Crabbe

     But still on their ancient joys dilate.

See also

• dilute

Anagrams

• atelid, de-tail, detail, tailed

Verb

dilate

1. inflection of dilater:
   1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• déliât, détail, ladite

Participle

dīlāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dīlātus

Verb

dilate

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of dilatar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of dilatar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of dilatar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of dilatar

Verb

dilate

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dilatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dilatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dilatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dilatar.